The Louvre faces significant issues including leaks, overcrowding, and inadequate facilities. Louvre Director Laurence des Cars suggests limiting daily visitors and reassessing the "Mona Lisa" display. Milan officials propose temporarily hosting the "Mona Lisa" during Louvre renovations.
The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” has requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its ageing exhibition halls and better protect its countless works of art.
With upgrades including a separate room for the Mona Lisa, the renovation of Paris' Louvre Museum is expected to cost between $730 million and $825 million over the next decade.
The head of the Louvre in Paris has warned the government about leaks, overcrowding and sub-standard catering in a confidential note that has raised alarm about the state of the world's most-visited museum.
An Italian official has called for France’s Louvre Museum to temporarily return the Mona Lisa as the museum faces concerns of disrepair.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul that will take years to complete.
The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its ageing exhibition halls ...
The renovation announcement came after Louvre Director Laurence des Cars expressed her concerns in a note to Culture Minister Rachida Dati earlier this month saying that the museum is threatened ...
A Louvre expansion that would put La Gioconda in her very own gallery has us envisioning the most mysterious sitter in iconic rooms of art history.
The world-famous needs a massive injection of cash if it is to cope with visitor numbers, the museum's president has said
The Louvre's latest overhaul dates back to the ... sent a note expressing a series of concerns to Culture Minister Rachida Dati earlier this month saying the museum is threatened by ...